[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 18 (Tuesday, January 28, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 4204-4205]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-1839]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION


Notice of Public Information Collection(s) Being Reviewed by the 
Federal Communications Commission

January 16, 2003.
SUMMARY: The Federal Communications Commission, as part of its 
continuing effort to reduce paperwork burden invites the general public 
and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on the 
following information collection(s), as required by the Paperwork 
Reduction Act of 1995, Public Law 104-13. An agency may not conduct or 
sponsor a collection of information unless it displays a currently 
valid control number. No person shall be subject to any penalty for 
failing to comply with a collection of information subject to the 
Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) that does not display a valid control 
number. Comments are requested concerning (a) whether the proposed 
collection of information is necessary for the proper performance of 
the functions of the Commission, including whether the information 
shall have practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the Commission's 
burden estimate; (c) ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity 
of the information collected; and (d) ways to minimize the burden of 
the collection of information on the respondents, including the use of 
automated collection techniques or other forms of information 
technology.

DATES: Written comments should be submitted on or before February 27, 
2003. If you anticipate that you will be submitting comments, but find 
it difficult to do so within the period of time allowed by this notice, 
you should advise the contact listed below as soon as possible.

ADDRESSES: Direct all comments to Judith Boley Herman, Federal 
Communications Commission, Room 1-C804, 445 12th Street, SW., DC 20554 
or via the Internet to [email protected].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For additional information or copies 
of the information collection(s), contact Judith Boley Herman at 202-
418-0214 or via the Internet at [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    OMB Control No.: 3060-0106.
    Title: Section 43.61--Reports of Overseas Telecommunications 
Traffic.
    Form No: N/A.
    Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Respondents: Business or other for-profit.
    Number of Respondents: 704.
    Estimated Time Per Response: 26 hours.
    Frequency of Response: On occasion, quarterly, and annual reporting 
requirements.
    Total Annual Burden: 18,520 hours.
    Total Annual Cost: $626,000.
    Needs and Uses: The telecommunications traffic data report is an 
annual reporting requirement imposed on common carriers engaged in

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the provision of overseas telecommunications services. The reported 
data is useful for international planning, facility authorization, 
monitoring emerging developments in communications services, analyzing 
market structures, tracking the balance of payments in international 
communications services, ad market analysis purposes. The reported data 
enables the Commission to fulfill it's regulatory responsibilities.
    OMB Control No.: 3060-0848.
    Title: Deployment of Wireline Services Offering Advanced 
Telecommunications Capability, CC Docket No. 989-147.
    Form No: N/A.
    Type of Review: Revision of a currently approved collection.
    Respondents: Business or other for-profit.
    Number of Respondents: 1,750.
    Estimated Time Per Response: .50-44 hours.
    Frequency of Response: On occasion and annual reporting 
requirements, recordkeeping requirement, third party disclosure 
requirement.
    Total Annual Burden: 165,600 hours.
    Total Annual Cost: N/A.
    Needs and Uses: The requirements implemented section 251 of the 
Communications Act of 1934, as amended, to promote deployment of 
advanced services without significantly degrading the performance of 
other services. All the requirements will be used by the Commission and 
competitive local exchange carriers (CLECs) to facilitate the 
deployment of advanced data services and implement section 251 of the 
Act. This information collection was revised to because it clarified in 
an Order on Reconsideration that incumbent LECs must file tariffs for 
cross-connects provided pursuant to section 201.

    Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene H. Dortch,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 03-1839 Filed 1-27-03; 8:45 am]
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